Taiwan
Letters: Britain’s net-zero ambition problem
Zero ambition Sir: How extraordinary that Ross Clark (‘Carbon fixation’, 20 May) can look at the cut-throat competition to capture…
The US knows the main threat is China
China’s President Xi Jinping opened the CCP’s 20th party congress by doubling down on four key issues: no let up…
Nancy Pelosi knows how much Taiwan matters
In the coming hours, Nancy Pelosi is expected to arrive in Taiwan. The plane that is thought to be carrying…
Will China blockade Taiwan?
Xi Jinping has made it very clear over the years that he is determined for China to reunite with Taiwan.…
Is the US thinking straight about Taiwan?
As the Tory leadership candidates tussle over China, it is well worth reading this essay by the US strategist Hal…
Saving Taiwan: the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine
Taiwan is learning valuable lessons from Ukraine
‘China is all-out against us’: an interview with Lithuania’s foreign minister
Lithuania’s foreign minister on Ukraine, Taiwan and the principle of sovereignty
China’s zero-Covid horror show is inspiring Taiwan to open up
Taipei Nowhere is watching the zero-Covid horror show unfolding in China more closely than Taiwan, where it is encouraging the…
Could the Ukraine war save Taiwan?
What the Ukraine war means for China — and Taiwan
The growing bond between Moscow and Beijing
The growing bond between Moscow and Beijing
The dangerous alliance between Russia and China
The growing alliance between Russia and China is something we shouldn’t lose sleep over, their long history of mutual suspicion…
China has begun its campaign to take Taiwan
Normally, if the response to a speech of mine was that it had been a ‘despicable and insane performance’ from…
Xi threatens Taiwan because he's weak
Over the weekend, China sent waves of warplanes racing towards Taiwan in numbers not seen before, forcing the democratic self-ruled…
Would Japan defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack?
In a parliamentary debate in early June about Covid, Japan’s prime minister Yoshihide Suga said that Australia, New Zealand and…
Is Britain heading for war over Taiwan?
Is Britain heading for war over Taiwan?
How the UK can help Hong Kong
Beijing’s authority is sweeping through Hong Kong
How Britain can tame China
Britain has a critical role to play in taming China
Does classical Athens give us a clue to China’s next move?
In 1984, China agreed a ‘one country, two systems’ treaty with the UK, designed to control the relationship between Hong…
China’s next target: the clock is ticking for Taiwan
After Hong Kong, is Taiwan China’s next target?
Taiwan's balancing act is becoming ever more precarious
After a landslide victory in January’s election, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen was re-inaugurated on Wednesday at a scaled-down ceremony in…
Taiwan, the WHO and the tactical struggle in US-China relations
Over the coming weeks, a battle between Washington and Beijing over the inclusion of Taiwan as an observer at the…
Dreaming of the desert: my life in the Sahara, by Sanmao
Travel writing is ‘the red light district of literature’, as Colin Thubron aptly put it, a space where anything goes.…
China syndrome
Every day on his way to work at Harvard, Professor Allison wondered how the reconstruction of the bridge over Boston’s…
